The Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme has suspended a medical doctor at the Asaba Specialist Hospital, ASH, Dr. Mark over an allegation that he assaulted a nurse, Mrs. Kuku Destiny, at the hospital.
Confirming the suspension to newsmen, the Commissioner, said the suspension, which would last for one month, was to enable a panel constituted to thoroughly look into the issue, do its job effectively.
“The Chief Medical Director briefed me about the incident, so l immediately instructed her to set up an internal panel to look into the matter. The doctor in question has been suspended without pay for one month, pending the investigation report,” Onojaeme said.
The nurse alleged, in a trending video on social media, that the doctor hit her with a jotter and a plastic chair at the hospital, over a patient folder dropped in his office.
Nurse Kuku, in the video, was seen applying a towel on a swollen part of her head, while narrating to an interviewer what happened.
“It was just three patients left. In the morning, Dr. Mark said he was closing by 2 o’clock, so I told Mr. Ike, who wanted me to take a folder to Dr. Mark, that the doctor had closed, since it was past 2 o’clock. He then went to check if the doctor was still in office. He came back to tell me he was there, and Mr. Ike took the folder to him. Later, Dr. Mark came to where I was and was shouting; “who brought this folder to me?” I kept quiet, and he became very angry and started raining abuses on me, insulting my father and my generation.
He took a jotter to hit me very hard, after which he carried a plastic chair and hit it on my head. That was when I stood up to ask what I did wrong. I wanted to hit him back but I couldn’t, because the cleaners and Mr. Ike intervened. He even wanted to attack me more, but they held him off. I then went to report to my HOD.
The swelling went down a little because of the ice I applied,” she said
